Once we fixed most the broken WMI stuff it was amazing how many other phantom problems went away in our server environment. We do have a few persistent 'special' servers but we just deal with them now.
Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > +1 > > The primary issues I've had with the deployments of SCCM I've done are > telecom related (poor WAN communications). But if the set-up is done > properly, that just means things TAKE LONGER - not that they don't happen. > > SCCM business is booming. Right now, I'm doing more SCCM than I am > Exchange. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rod Trent [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:35 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? > > Everything in the Windows world relies on WMI... > > WMI can be finicky, but only when the repository becomes corrupted due to > various means (like improper imaging). > > Have you consulted the 3rd party resources for SCCM? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:24 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? > > I don't think 500 is too much for a single server. Of course the specs are > important as well as the links. > > SCCM has been a bit of a disappointment for our agency of about 5,000 > workstations. We've had MS folks here multiple times trying to get it to > work correctly. Some of it has been MS support not really knowing how some > things were supposed to be set up (Site Codes for example), some of it has > been our links, and some of it has been the lack of PC standards in our > agency. SCCM seems to rely heavily on components like WMI that can be > "finicky" with various permissions. > > That being said, YMMV. If you've had better control of the PC's than we've > had, you may not run into this kind of stuff. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:04 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? > > Good question. Would I want to support every workstation in the district? > (Aka, about 500 windows machines...) Or would that be overkill for a single > server? > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rod Trent > [mailto:[email protected]] > To: NT System Admin Issues > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 > 10:01:28 -0700 > Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? > > > > :) Where to start...? > > > > How many clients will be supporting through ConfigMgr? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:50 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: New to MS System Center, Where to start? > > > > Hey everybody. > > > > I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. > > Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the > > possibility of running System Center on it. > > > > Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm > > ignorant of much of it's uses. > > > > We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program > > when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all > > of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and > > Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not > > had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have > > CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client > Management Suite. > > > > So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed > > Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about to try to install > > Configuration Manager 2007. Anything I should be aware of? Anything I > should look out for? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > --Matt Ross > > Ephrata School District > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
